Carbon Costume

Suzume Mizuno (voiced by Tomoko Akiya and Colleen O’Shaughnessey) is a character in the anime and manga series Zatch Bell!  She is a schoolmate of Kiyomaro Takamine, who she has a crush on.  Suzume is a bit of a klutz and not a great student, though she has good knife skills.  To create her look, you’ll want to start with a short brown wig and white headband.  Then, build your school uniform with a blue skirt, a sailor uniform short-sleeved shirt, and a light blue tie.  Lastly, you’ll need dark blue loafers and white socks.

Michelle Jones-Watson, better known as MJ, is a character played by Zendaya from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in the Spider-Man films. She is a recurring love interest of Spider-Man.

To dress like MJ, you could go for a couple different looks. One is a black animal print dress with a black denim coat. Another, which would make a great duo/ couples costume, is a white long-sleeve shirt with an image of Joan of Arc printed on the front, a black contrast-stitch denim jacket, black jeans, and black converse sneakers.

A new film in the Joker series is releasing October of this year, called Joker: Folie á Deux. This film is new in that it is actually a musical, and features singer Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn.

To dress as Harley Quinn in this film, start with the makeup. Her makeup uses black eyeshadow or black cream makeup that is smudged around the eyes in a clown-inspired shape. For lips, she wears a cool red lipstick that you can also smudge around the edges with your fingers. For the outfit, wear a black coat for an easier more low-effort version, or you can take on her red blazer one. For the red blazer, take a ruffled/ peplum red blazer as the base. Cut the sleeves to right above your elbow, leaving an extra inch 1/2 or more to turn under and attach the ruffled pleated fabric, which is two pieces at two different lengths. If you want to take on the diamond/ argyle pattern, use red piping or cording to sew or glue on in similar shapes. Even further, add light distressing at the edges and on some of the piping with watered-down paint and/ or sandpaper.

For the top, take a muslin or cream corset-style top as the base. Using black fabric paint, paint on the argyle pattern (Tip: use a pencil and tape or a cut out piece of paper as a stencil to make the edges clean). To mimic the pointed shape at the bottom of the corset, take muslin fabric and attach it underneath and fold it in the similar draped pleats as in the photo. Lay the fabric flat on the ground and run sandpaper across the edges to create the raw edge.

Wear these with a black leather mini-skirt, black argyle patterned tights, and any black shoes to finish off the look.

Lenore Vandernacht is one of the two main characters of the webtoon Nevermore.  Her name is derived from several Edgar Allen Poe poems as is that of her love interest and the other main character of the series, Annabel Lee.  Prior to her brother Theo’s death, Lenore had long black hair, which turned partially white from shock in the aftermath.  She cut it short after she escaped the attic where she was drugged and held following the accident which injured her and killed Theo.  In the afterlife, Lenore finds herself at Nevermore Academy, where she no longer has to rely on a cane or wheelchair, but maintains her short hair.  She wears a uniform consisting of a white blouse with ruffled cuffs, a black tailcoat, light colored pants, and black riding boots.  To add the finishing touch to your costume, use a black eyeliner pencil to add twin beauty marks under your eyes and add a dark burgundy lipstick.

Zatch Bell (voiced by Ikue Ôtani and Debi Derryberry) is the titular character in the manga and anime series Zatch Bell! Zatch is the son of the King of the Demon World.  He has lost his memory and works with his partner Kiyomaro Takamine to become Mamodo King.  Zatch is young and can be somewhat childish, but has a good heart.  Zatch has blonde hair and wears a blue cloak and matching blue boots, as well as an oversized bow tie with a gold gem.

Yuka Makoto (voiced by Yuichiro Umehara and Jonah Scott) is better known as Sniper Mask.  In High-Rise Invasion, Sniper Mask is an imposing anti-hero, the brother of Rika Honjo and the stepbrother of Yuri Honjo.  Sniper Mask wears a dark suit, shoes, gloves, tie, and fedora.  His name refers to the creepy smiling Angel mask he wears, which controls his actions.

Famine Devil or “Fami” is a character in the Chainsaw Man manga. She embodies the fear of famine and starvation. She is one of the four Horsemen, making her the sister of Makima (now Nayuta) and Yoru. As of now, Fami poses as a student and member of the Devil Hunters Club alongside Asa. This makes her strangely familiar with Yoshida. Eerily calm and composed, Fami has a knack for reading others. Her end goal is to take down the Death Devil. Initially, she sought to use Asa and Denji as pawns, but as of late, the two sisters seem to be working together. She utilizes lethal methods, such as summoning the Guillotine Devil.

Nepeta Leijon is a troll from Homestuck, the MS Paint Adventure webcomic and game.  Jade Harley is her favorite human.  Nepeta is naive and enjoys friendly roleplay.  She hunts animals for food and lives in a cave.  Nepeta has grey skin and black hair.  Her outfit includes a black t-shirt with a dark green symbol, a green jacket, and grey pants.  She wears a blue cat-shaped hat, blue shoes, and has a long blue tail.  You can purchase a blue cat costume set to use the tail and add a pair of fangs to better emulate Nepeta’s troll-like appearance.